مجلس

Arabic

Root
ج ل س (j l s)
8 terms

Etymology

Noun of place from the verb جَلَسَ (jalasa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mad͡ʒ.lis/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

مَجْلِس • (majlis) m (plural مَجالِس (majālis))

  1. seat
    Synonym: مَقْعَد (maqʕad)
  2. place of meeting; seat of an assembling body; conference room; court; tribunal
  3. (figurative) session, sitting, meeting, party
  4. (figurative) council, college, collegium, board, committee, commission
  5. (Shia Islam) husainiya
    Synonyms: حُسَيْنِيَّة (ḥusayniyya), (dialectal) مَأْتَم (maʔtam)

Declension

Declension of noun مَجْلِس (majlis)
singular basic singular triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal مَجْلِس
majlis 		الْمَجْلِس
al-majlis 		مَجْلِس
majlis
nominative مَجْلِسٌ
majlisun 		الْمَجْلِسُ
al-majlisu 		مَجْلِسُ
majlisu
accusative مَجْلِسًا
majlisan 		الْمَجْلِسَ
al-majlisa 		مَجْلِسَ
majlisa
genitive مَجْلِسٍ
majlisin 		الْمَجْلِسِ
al-majlisi 		مَجْلِسِ
majlisi
dual indefinite definite construct
informal مَجْلِسَيْن
majlisayn 		الْمَجْلِسَيْن
al-majlisayn 		مَجْلِسَيْ
majlisay
nominative مَجْلِسَانِ
majlisāni 		الْمَجْلِسَانِ
al-majlisāni 		مَجْلِسَا
majlisā
accusative مَجْلِسَيْنِ
majlisayni 		الْمَجْلِسَيْنِ
al-majlisayni 		مَجْلِسَيْ
majlisay
genitive مَجْلِسَيْنِ
majlisayni 		الْمَجْلِسَيْنِ
al-majlisayni 		مَجْلِسَيْ
majlisay
plural basic broken plural diptote
indefinite definite construct
informal مَجالِس
majālis 		الْمَجالِس
al-majālis 		مَجالِس
majālis
nominative مَجالِسُ
majālisu 		الْمَجالِسُ
al-majālisu 		مَجالِسُ
majālisu
accusative مَجالِسَ
majālisa 		الْمَجالِسَ
al-majālisa 		مَجالِسَ
majālisa
genitive مَجالِسَ
majālisa 		الْمَجالِسِ
al-majālisi 		مَجالِسِ
majālisi

Descendants

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَجْلِس (majlis, “seat; meeting, session”), noun of place from جَلَسَ (jalasa, “to sit”).

Noun

مجلس • (meclis) (definite accusative مجلسی (meclisi), plural مجالس (mecâlis))

  1. seat, something to be sat upon, especially a place in which a person or a group of people can sit
    Synonym: اوتوراق (oturak)
  2. convocation, assembly, meeting, reunion, any gathering of persons for a specific purpose
    Synonyms: اجتماع (ictimaʼ), انجمن (encümen), جمعیت (cemʼiyet), درنك (dernek)
  3. council, board, a group of people who come together to consult, deliberate, or make decisions
    Synonym: مشورت (meşveret)
  4. session, a period devoted to a particular activity, especially in reference to councils and courts
    Synonym: جلسه (celse)
  5. court of law, a court presided over by a judge who is empowered to decide all aspects of legal disputes
    Synonym: عدلیه (ʼadliye)

Derived terms

  • صدر مجلس (sadr-ı meclis, “chief seat in an assembly”)
  • مجلس آرا (meclis ara, “eloquent person”)
  • مجلس اوطه‌سی (meclis odası, “council chamber”)
  • مجلس اولمق (meclis olmak, “to be assembled in a meeting”)
  • مجلس ایتمك (meclis etmek, “to hold a meeting”)
  • مجلس خاص (meclis-i has, “cabinet council”)
  • مجلس شرع (meclis-i şerʼ, “court of canon law”)

Descendants

Further reading

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَجْلِس (majlis).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? majlis
Dari reading? majlis
Iranian reading? majles
Tajik reading? majlis

Noun

Dari مجلس
Iranian Persian
Tajik маҷлис

مَجْلِس • (majles) (plural مجالس)

  1. parliament
  2. assembly
  3. Majlis
  • مَجلِسِ شورایِ اِسْلامی (majles-e šurâ-ye eslâmi)

Descendants

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